Szita, É., Konczné Benedicty, Z., & Kozár, F. 2011 Dexcription of a New Species of Acanthococcus )Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) From Austria.. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57(1):35–41

Notes: A new felt scale species, Acanthococcus thaleri Szita & Kozár, collected on shoots of Erica carnea (Ericaceae) is described from Austria. The closest relatives are A. devoniensis (Williams, 1985) from the Palaearctic region and A. arenosus (Cockerell, 1897), A. barri Miller, 1991 and A. mackenziei Miller & Miller, 1992 from the Nearctic region. According to catalogues and some recent publications, the list of scale insect species from Austria has now reached 88 species with this record.